Will.

This thing . . . 😭 Isn't there a quicker better way for this?

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It's useful to have the "Bypass All FX" shortcut and especially the "view plugin" shortcut. I'd literally been thinking there must be something wrong with my O.S. for DAYS now. I even went as far and re-done my entire system - with this being one of the reasons. Now I know it's definitely not the O.S. Thanks for confirming.

If you take in everything that was said to you here - you can have healthy Crest levels for any platform too. I just finished this project for one of my clients. Great Pop Rock song. Crest_1.mp4

Key binding shortcuts don't save when replacing templates.

I have search for this, but can't find a thread for it. Option to have a "Plugin Search|Search Audio FX option" right on the FX Bin area by double clicking anywhere on an empty space in it | OR | by CTRL+Right Click (for quick access) and as an option available by right clicking and have it first in that MENU too. Reason: Not every user make use of the browser to add effects or instruments/synths. My workfow is that of in place inserts - where i am in the project and not having to move away from that. It's a quick workflow (Extremely important.) Right clicking in the clip view to bring it up will be even more helpful too.

+1 To bump this up.

Dont be discouraged by it. It's a learning curve. By the looks of it ,you're on the right track. ☺ TIP: Take this project and store it for a few days and start with a new project. It doesn't have to be a full project. Do a demo test with 8 or 10 tracks. 6 Drum tracks, 2 guitar melodies and try to find the levels that work for you without mixing it, that feels right and master that. Practice this on 3 demo's and once you're satisfied with the master level from these, do some demo mixing and keep and eye on youlean meter on every tweak you do on every thing and take mental notes. Return back to the current project create a copy of it and start the process over with the steps you've gotten from you practice runs.

There's no real answer to how loud a master should be. The general rule is simple if it sounds good and loud enough for you - all is okay. That being said: It helps to know what your aim was in levels with peak and gain while you were mixing. Are you looking at the peak level or the RMS level. Did certain drums or instruments used needed a gain and volume reduction or just its peak levels? The same principle that applies to EQ'ing, compression and limiting should be done with your levels too. "If its not needed - WHY?" Though, that's not a bad level. Don't rely too much on what is shown to you in a waveform. You just need to make sure it doesn't clip or distort and that you have a decent balance to it. If it sounds good on other devices - you've done a great job! That's how it is. There's no such thing as a perfect mix or master. Every monitor sounds different. Every environment a song was recorded, mix and mastered in comes with is own flaws. So dont stress to much on how it should look like. ☺ Great job! 👍

Good for you Jolene.

Depends for what you looking? For guitars or vocals? This one is a must have. Click here. And these serve different purpose Click here 2 Fuzz plus 3 is my personal favorite.

Good for you! Right attitude you're having with this. Most guy's would have given up by now. Do you know that this is build into the prochannel? lol.

Bingo! Now you're getting the hang of things. But the big question is: How do you understand the K-system?

And I rest my case on what Craig Anderton said.

If you say so.

LOL! The advice Bitflipper gave you for that was top free advice. It's an old age trick. What you need to understand is: think about the old phrase "Why fix something that's not broken." What I mean by this is - does it need both compression and limiting or just limiting? Is your limiter on a drum or the entire drum track (assuming you have created you own drums.) With that being said: Next time you're doing shopping - listen to every sound around you. Take a mental note of how you hear things. What sits where and how you perceive everything - Depth! Learn mono and stereo placement | most importantly| >> what is SIDECHAIN and what's the purpose of the attack,release, ratio and threshold on a compressor. It will take you an hour to understand this, but without practice it wont mean a thing. Don't beat up yourself with your current project. Theres know real fixed advice on creativity. It can't be taught | and | mixing is all about creativity. What works now, won't work in a next mix. Every mix comes with its own new problems. You might need both compressor and limiter on drums now and just one of the two in the nex mix. That's why your ears needs to be the first plugin in your chain. TIP: Once you hear what you want to hear in your mix - write it down and move on to something else save the project and close the DAW. Take 10/15mins break from the project and go back to it and see if you hear the same as before. This will train your ears faster.

No incorrect. Do more research on the K-System, but before doing another song learn "GAIN STAGING." Once you pickup on it - your mixes will sound better.

Not a great idea. Although this is good for extra headroom in the mix - it narrows the sound too. Certain instrument just need a low shelf cut to tame its low frequencies and still keep its body. Why use a high pass or low pass if its not needed? Your ears should always be the first plugin in your chain. Don't rely too much on visual when EQ'ing too.

Not a bad idea. This would be an awesome addition to the naming feature. I normally add it to the projects name and clips.

Also note: when you do save these workspaces with template, it needs to be with a new clean/empty template too for it to open every time with these settings.

This is good and all, but the request needs to run still. We don't need to rely on third party software to do a task as simple as keeping the names clean.

You have to save the worksapce with the | a | custom template. You first save the workspace and then the Template.

It will help thousands of users if it was in the insert menu from the FX bin.

yep + 1

Found a bug. bug was found in the 2021.06.053 build. it was carried over to the 057build too. Loop 2.mp4